Right, but now you are talking about history. It's like calling our numbering system, the arabic numbering system. Sure - that's where it comes from historically, but now it's just OUR numbering system.
Calling democracy a "western" ideology makes it sound like it's not as relevant to eastern cultures - which is silly because it's now practiced widely in east asia.
Yeah, it's important to distinguish the two concepts.
The philosophies and ideas are of Western origin. But implementing those ideas is not restricted to people ethically descended from people from Western countries.
Calling democracy a "western" ideology makes it sound like it's not as relevant to eastern cultures - which is silly because it's now practiced widely in east asia.